Divorce law practices and the origins, myths, and realities of judicial "mediation" in China

Modern China

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-203

  Huang, Philip C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

"Mediation"; Divorce law; Maoist justice; Peasants

Indexed keywords

DIVORCE; LEGAL SYSTEM;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 17044438267     PISSN: 00977004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0097700405274585     Document Type: Article

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